Pontiac, PC win harrier meets

Wednesday

Oct 10, 2012 at 1:01 AMOct 10, 2012 at 1:02 AM

Pontiac vs. Prairie Central in boys and girls cross country

There was no question who won the boys’ cross country dual between Pontiac and Prairie Central at Humiston Woods. There was great excitement in the finish of the girls’ meet as the final decision was made at the wire. Pontiac was perfect for Senior Day in racing to a 15-40 boys’ dual victory. Trystan Anderson nipped Claralee Schwartz at the line as the Hawks edged PTHS 27-28 in the girls’ meet. The girls’ race was close throughout as three minutes separated each of the scoring runners for both teams. Lacey Kaminski won the race in 21 minutes, 56 seconds for Pontiac. Caitlyn Ifft was next in leading the PC contingent at 22:08. Anna Turner of Pontiac was third at 22:11 and PC’s Bernadette Strong followed at 22:22 with teammate Liz Walter right behind at 22:33. Katelynn Propes was third for the Indians and sixth overall at 23:41 and Sydney Matson crossed at 23:57 for the Hawks in seventh. Three runners came around the corner and charged down the stretch toward the chute in what would decide the final score. Erica Davies of Pontiac won the race that included Anderson and Schwartz at 24:51. Anderson was next, also at 24:51, with Schwartz checking in at 24:53. Joshua McCoy had no errors in course management this time as he won the boys’ race in 16:36.31. McCoy had a huge lead in last year’s Senior Day race against PC at Humiston before finding himself off course. This time he maintained his bearings in running to a two-minute win over teammate Ryan Ingram, who came in at 18:37.61. Shawn Milhauser was right behind with a third-place time of 18:38.39. Brayden Cain nipped PTHS teammate Zac Justus at the wire for fourth place at 18:56.41 to 18:56.88. Brandon Allsup was sixth overall and first for Prairie Central at 18:57.28. Logan Durham (19:04.63) and Kory Wells (19:20.6) followed for Pontiac. Austin Goad was ninth overall and second for PC at 19:23.65. Also placing for points for the Hawks were Ryan Masters (19:46.58), Daniel Costa (20:00.31) and Bjorn Johnson (20:00.53). Josh McWilliams and Avery Walter also competed for Prairie Central.